Tag: science

• December 26, 2025

  On Dealing with a World Gone Crazy

  ​There’s a story, which may or may not be true, that an old Chinese curse was “May your children be born in interesting times.” The curse was because, goes the story, the yearly chronicles included things like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, peasant rebellions, invasions, plagues and so on. So it meant that may your children suffer disaster.  ​We live in…
• August 26, 2021

  Hello world

  I am posting again… All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Topics… On Being Appalachian… Assorted Memories. Pollution goes back very far… History Stories. Deep knowledge,everyday.Like,comment and follow : Greg’s Business History.Happy Reading.Thanks
• July 22, 2021

  The Dutch in the Hudson River Valley

  Most people think that the United States is a daughter of Great Britain. That’s largely true, because the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule were all English-speaking colonies on the Atlantic coast. It’s true that what became the United States derives its language, legal structure, and much of its culture from Britain. In addition,…
• September 4, 2020

  Kentucky Bluegrass is a Lie

  Kentucky Bluegrass isn’t from Kentucky and it isn’t blue. It is also known as smooth meadow grass and by other names.  Poa pratensis is, like so many Americans, an immigrant. It occurs naturally in Europe, parts of northern Asia and the mountains of Algeria and Morocco.  It’s not clear how it got to the Americas…
• September 3, 2020

  Centenarians

  A centenarian is a person who has achieved a hundred or more years of life. Throughout most of human history, it was very rare for people to reach such a great age, because of recurrent famine, war, droughts, plagues and the other afflictions accompanying history. A few people made it to a century in age,…
• September 3, 2020

  The Virgin Mary and Cleopatra’s Eye Shadow

  If you’ve ever seen a Medieval European painting that has a deep, rich blue, you’ve seen a color called ‘ultramarine,’ which was made from the semi-precious stone called lapis lazuli.  The stone was ground to a fine powder, then mixed with oil or some other medium. It gave a rich blue that did not fade…